Gerry Davis D3O CP

[wolfe_man]

I took my first glancing blow in my Enduro on Saturday.  Varsity ball, batter fouled one back off my arm/shoulder guard - I didn't feel a thing beyond the impact!   

CP fits great, is aerated for cooling, is comfortable to wear and protective.  Everything that one could ask for in a great CP!

[UAME]

4 hours ago, wolfe_man said:

I took my first glancing blow in my Enduro on Saturday.  Varsity ball, batter fouled one back off my arm/shoulder guard - I didn't feel a thing beyond the impact!   

CP fits great, is aerated for cooling, is comfortable to wear and protective.  Everything that one could ask for in a great CP!

I moved from the Adams (Schutt) XV to the Davis D3O this season.  Over the weekend, I took my worst shot of the year: a tipped ~80mph fastball right over the catcher and into my right pectoral.

POP!

"Ooooohs" from the stands; "Walk it out, walk it out to the mound.." from the defensive head coach to his F2. 

Me:  "I'm fine, let's play." 

F2: "That sounded VERY bad!"

Me: "It's pro level gear.  That's why I spend $250 on a protector."

I literally felt nothing but a shove.  No pain, no aftereffects.

To be fair, the Adams XV was always great in this regard, too.  However, the Davis is pliable.  It hugs your torso and lays tight to the body at every point.  No jostling or rigid plates rubbing uncomfortably when you're sprinting out on a rotation.

  

[wolfe_man]

1 hour ago, UAME said:

I moved from the Adams (Schutt) XV to the Davis D3O this season.  Over the weekend, I took my worst shot of the year: a tipped ~80mph fastball right over the catcher and into my right pectoral.

POP!

"Ooooohs" from the stands; "Walk it out, walk it out to the mound.." from the defensive head coach to his F2. 

Me:  "I'm fine, let's play." 

F2: "That sounded VERY bad!"

Me: "It's pro level gear.  That's why I spend $250 on a protector."

I literally felt nothing but a shove.  No pain, no aftereffects.

To be fair, the Adams XV was always great in this regard, too.  However, the Davis is pliable.  It hugs your torso and lays tight to the body at every point.  No jostling or rigid plates rubbing uncomfortably when you're sprinting out on a rotation.

  

Same experience for me with the Mirage frame on Sat in a Varsity game.  Fastball fouled straight back to the middle of my mask.  Mask on ground at my feet and dead silence from the crowd, waiting to see if I'm good or not.  Coaches start telling F2 to walk the ball out, but I just tell my partner he jinxed me because he asked me how it felt to get hit in the new mask prior to the game and I hadn't had it happen yet of course. So he's apologizing from C and I'm laughing it off behind the plate and calling F2 back so we can keep moving.  

Buy the best and stay safe out there!

[834k3r]

5 hours ago, UAME said:

It hugs your torso and lays tight to the body at every point.  No jostling or rigid plates rubbing uncomfortably when you're sprinting out on a rotation.

IMHO this is an underappreciated quality of the Enduro. With both my previous CPs (Champro then AS Cobalt) I would have to pull them up regardless of how I had the straps, because they'd slide down (I swear I nearly broke my collarbone one year, but that's a different thread for a different day). The Enduro has no such issue in my experience.

[The Man in Blue]

4 hours ago, 834k3r said:

IMHO this is an underappreciated quality of the Enduro. With both my previous CPs (Champro then AS Cobalt) I would have to pull them up regardless of how I had the straps, because they'd slide down (I swear I nearly broke my collarbone one year, but that's a different thread for a different day). The Enduro has no such issue in my experience.

 

Is that more an aspect of the CP, the harness, or of properly dialing your gear in?

I give the Cobalt top marks in that regard.  Mine never moves.

I'm really wanting to try the Enduro, but I can't justify the want. 

(Although I worked with a guy this weekend who should have better gear -- yeah, Champro bro.  He said he is going to finally buy some new gear after the HS season.  I debated using that as my "I'll buy it and try it, and you can buy the other one off of me" move.  That was how I tried and moved a Force3 that I didn't end up liking.)